First BanCorp. Announces Payment of Dividends on Preferred Stock

May 04, 2020 04:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First BanCorp. (the “Corporation”) (NYSE: FBP), the bank holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared the following monthly cash dividends on its outstanding shares of Series A through E Noncumulative Perpetual Monthly Income Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”):

Series

MonthlyDividend PerShare

OutstandingShares

Record Date

Payment Date

A

$0.14843750

197,386

May 28, 2020

June 1, 2020

B

$0.17395800

296,146

May 15, 2020

June 1, 2020

C

$0.15416670

249,852

May 15, 2020

June 1, 2020

D

$0.15104167

285,522

May 15, 2020

June 1, 2020

E

$0.14583330

415,240

May 15, 2020

June 1, 2020

About First BanCorp.

First BanCorp. is the parent corporation of FirstBank Puerto Rico, a state-chartered commercial bank with operations in Puerto Rico, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Florida, and of FirstBank Insurance Agency, LLC. Among the subsidiaries of FirstBank Puerto Rico are First Federal Finance Limited Liability Company and First Express, Inc., both small loan companies. First BanCorp’s shares of common stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “FBP.”

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